I think there are always actor parts, and then there are movie-star parts, and an actors always an actor until he does a movie-star part.

[On filmmaking:] Cardinal rule: It's a youth business.

There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.

My goal has been to learn how to get movies made without losing sight of the reasons I began. I have had to learn to recognize the insidious nature of the beast without becoming one.

The lack of women directors is a sad fact of life. Kathryn Bigelows thrilling Best Director win may help turn things around.

The key to moving a maybe to a yes is to make the buyer feel as though other buyers have already said yes. ... It helps if it's true, but it never is. No one wants to be the first yes. Why is this? I don't know, but I think it's anthropological.

Like the color black, business mixed with anything turns to business.